misgiving

英 [ˌmɪsˈɡɪvɪŋ]

美 [ˌmɪsˈɡɪvɪŋ]

n.  疑虑; 顾虑

复数：misgivings　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11202 / COCA.13315

牛津词典

noun

• 疑虑；顾虑
  feelings of doubt or anxiety about what might happen, or about whether or not sth is the right thing to do
  1. I had grave misgivings about making the trip.
     对于这次旅行我有过极大的顾虑。
  2. I read the letter with a sense of misgiving.
     我看了那封信，感到有些怀疑。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 疑虑;担心
  If you havemisgivingsabout something that is being suggested or done, you feel that it is not quite right, and are worried that it may have unwanted results.
  1. She had some misgivings about what she was about to do...
     她对自己即将要做的事情存有一些顾虑。
  2. The first words of the text filled us with misgiving.
     正文开头的文字让我们颇为担心。

英英释义

noun

• doubt about someone's honesty
  Synonym:mistrustdistrustsuspicion
• painful expectation
  Synonym:apprehension
• uneasiness about the fitness of an action
  Synonym:scruplequalm

双语例句

• Her seeming indecision was, in fact, more than indecision: it was misgiving.
  事实上，她那种看上去的犹豫远远不是犹豫，而是疑惑。
• That be now, however, many persons but wasted big good time in the regret pastly with the misgiving the future.
  那就是现在，然而，许多人却在悔恨过去和担忧未来之中浪费了大好时光。
• I personally believe the worries and misgiving over the so-called3T matters are not well justified.
  我个人认为，你说三个“T”的问题，不值得担忧，也没有任何理由担忧。
• Many teachers have expressed serious misgiving about the new exams.
  许多教师对新的考试表示严重担忧。
• Since then, Germany has piled one misgiving on top of another about plans for a banking union to be drawn up by the end of the year.
  自那以后，德国对将在今年内起草的建立银行业联盟计划一直顾虑重重。
• There was misgiving in his own voice also.
  在他自己的口气里，也含有疑虑不定的意思。
• He looked with misgiving at the strange man in front of him.
  他怀疑地望着眼前这奇怪的人。
• They are great simply because the receive life without misgiving.
  他们之所以伟大，仅仅因为珍惜生活。
• The town is poor seem to me receive without misgiving.
  在我看来，镇上的穷人们往往过着最独立自在的生活。
• At every crisis in one's life, it is absolute salvation to have some sympathetic friend to whom you can think aloud without restraint or misgiving.
  在人生的每个危机时刻，有个富有同情心的朋友，你可以与之推心置腹，倾诉衷肠，这绝对是一种自救之路。